Police fear stroke unit patient, 75, was MURDERED at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Patient, 75, was MURDERED on the stroke unit at a Blackpool hospital, police fear after questioning three staff on suspicion of poisonings Valerie Kneale died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 last year She had a suspicious 'unexplained injury' and her death is now a murder inquiry Three hospital staff were previously arrested on suspicion of poisoning patients Lancashire Police made the arrests after allegations of mistreatment on the unit 

By Harry Howard For Mailonline

Published: 21:11 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 21:11 GMT, 20 February 2019

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The death of a 75-year-old grandmother while she was a patient at a hospital stroke unit is being treated as murder, say police.

Valerie Kneale died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 last year and had what police called a suspicious 'unexplained injury'. 

Two women and one man were previously arrested on suspicion of poisoning patients after Lancashire Police were informed in November by hospital bosses of allegations of mistreatment and neglect on the unit.

Valerie Kneale,75, died while a patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 last year and had what police called a suspicious 'unexplained injury'. They said a cause of death for Mrs Kneale had not yet been established but it was being treated separately as a murder inquiry

Valerie Kneale,75, died while a patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 last year and had what police called a suspicious 'unexplained injury'. They said a cause of death for Mrs Kneale had not yet been established but it was being treated separately as a murder inquiry

The hospital workers, who have all been suspended, were later

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